Downers Grove high schools may change policy for e-cigarettes

April 08, 2014|By Dawn Rhodes, Tribune reporter

Downers Grove's high school district soon may adjust school policies to include rules on electronic cigarettes.

Community High School District 99 does not explicitly ban e-cigarettes, according to spokeswoman Jill Browning. The current policy bans students from using, selling, distributing or possessing tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, steroids and several other substances.

But administrators and the school board are expected to tackle new policies specifically addressing e-cigarettes sometime this spring, Browning said.

"We have encountered a few issues with e-cigarettes, in which students had placed tobacco inside of them," Browning said.